St. Margaret’s Upper School honored its seniors and juniors and their pursuit of excellence in academics, community and athletics in the Upper School Awards Ceremony this week in Hurlbut Theater, which included the Upper School’s annual Cum Laude Society induction.

The Upper School faculty awarded academic prizes from distinguished colleges and universities, academic department awards of distinction, and special senior awards that were presented to students in the Class of 2025.

St. Margaret’s also inducted 10 seniors and 12 juniors into the Cum Laude Society, an international organization which recognizes and celebrates academic achievement. The Tartan inductees join 11 current seniors inducted as juniors last year.

The Cum Laude Society limits membership to 20 percent of a school’s senior class, with only 10 percent eligible for induction as juniors. In addition to academic achievement, students must demonstrate good character, honor and integrity. The new inductees join more than 400 St. Margaret’s students who have been inducted since 1986.

Congratulations to all the Tartans who were recognized!

The complete list of honorees for the Cum Laude Society as well as the senior and junior awards is as follows:

Grade 12 inductees: Alaire Dandel, Alexa Edwards, Grayson Gallegos, Abigail Hancock, Branda Hu, Daniel Lyons, Katie Meggers, Bailey Vanar, Shengyi (Gary) Wang, Fanyue (Frank) Zhou.

Grade 11 inductees: Nicole Chen, Zoe Chen, Richard Feng, Dawson Mai, Claire Martin, Ryan Mohler, Lucas Monge, Rohen Vargo, Ethan Wang, Yubo (Robin) Wang, Lila Wohlgemuth, Yifei (Leo) Yang.

 

The Founder’s Award: Andrew Rusli

Salutatorian Award: Justin Tam

The Father Ernest D. Sillers Award: Grace Allen

The Board of Trustees’ Award: Katie Meggers

St. Margaret’s Award: Andrew Rusli

PTF Service Award: Sophia Barnes

Faculty Achievement Award: Ian Ekvall

Faculty Plate: Greta Blau

Principal’s Cup: America Reyes-Mendoza

 

Science: Andrew Rusli

Computer Science: Vaughn Bosu

Math: Ian Ekvall

Performing Arts: Coco Johnson

Visual Arts: Madeline Scott

English: Elizabeth Wattenberg

World Language - Chinese: Daniel Lyons

World Language - Latin: Greta Blau

World Language - Spanish: Colin Kleinhanzl

History: Henry Reising

Lynn Ozonian Computer Science Award: Charlotte Jiang

 

The Harvard Book Award: Richard Feng

The University of Pennsylvania Book Award: Robin Wang

The Princeton Book Award: Paige Minton

The Saint Lawrence University Book Award: Claire Martin

The Smith College Book Award: Nicole Chen

The Yale Book Award: Ryan Mohler

 

Dominic Ondryas Memorial Award: Gavin Shams

 

CIF Scholar Athlete: Aidan McMahon

CIF Scholar Athlete and Athlete of the Year: Coco Johnson

Athlete of the Year: Luke Newman

Balak Award Winner: Sarah Bendzick

Balak Award Winner: Evan Causee